Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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XLhc Enfield Echo Published at intervals during the school year by the members oj the Enfield Public High School, Thompsonville, Conn. Entered as seeond-class matter February 21, 1917, at the Post Office at Thompsonville. Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOL. 31 THOMPSONVILLE, CONN., JUNE, 1944 NO. 1 ADDRESS OF WELCOME (By Frederick Bomely, President) We, the Class of 1944, welcome you, our parents and friends, to our Class Night Exercises. Tonight, as we begin our commencement activities, you see the result of twelve years of intensive training. The complete under- standing of our parents, the careful guidance and inspiration of our principal and teachers, the encouragement and loyalty of our friends, and the diligent work of the Class of 1944 have prepared us for the serious tasks which lie before us. With our heads high and hearts true, we face our world knowing that there is a place for each. Now we turn to the lighter and more humorous side of life as we share with you our reminiscences of our four years at Enfield. Again, on behalf of the Class of 1944, I extend to you a hearty welcome to our Class Night Exercises. CLASS HISTORY (By Mildred Blaszko) When time who steals our years away Shall steal our pleasures, too, The mem’ry of the past will stay And half our joys renew. Musing and reflecting on this familiar quotation of Thomas Moore, I do not doubt that there is anyone in this audience who does not recall with pleasure the many joyous hours of his school days, in moments such as this. As some day we, too, the graduating Class of 1944, will be seated in an audience such as this, watching future generations prepare to make their way in the world, let us envision ourselves in such an audience, and dust off an old volume, our “Scrapbook of

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CLASS OF 1944

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6 The Enfield Echo Memories,” so that once more we may relive four precious years of our lives. Remember that September of 1940 when we first entered through the doors of Enfield? That was a moment we had looked forward to for eight years, and our eager faces and resolved ex- pressions bore a note of pride—pride in our school and everything it stood for. The Senior-Freshman Reception, arranged by the Seniors for the purpose of welcoming the Freshmen into the school, made us feel warm and glowing inside to know that we were the first class of Freshmen to be honored in such a manner by the Seniors, and to be recognized as a part of the school. The great success of this first attempt has now become an accepted tradition with each senior class. This seemed to have been a year of changes. A new and orig- inal plan of rotating editors was adopted by the Freshmen for the Freshman Static Page. Much hidden talent was brought out by this plan, and, before long, everyone began to look forward to read- ing the Freshman Page, interesting and full of variety. After a few months of school had gone by, and the process of acquainting ourselves with our class members had been completed, we held elections of class officers. We felt that Fred Bomely as President, Genevieve Ward as Vice-President, Janice Ryan as Sec- retary, and Margaret Kiley as Treasurer, proved capable of lead- ing us. The dramatic ability present in some of our classmates had occasion to reveal itself in the one-act comedy, “Quiet Please.” Under the able direction of Mr. Nigro, members of the cast, includ- ing Claire Pare, Janice Ryan, Claire Rush, David Bordua, and Sevario DeCaro, journeyed to Ludlow High School on February 10 where “Quiet Please” was presented. Students of our class gathered together for fun and frolic at the outstanding social event of the year, the G. O. Party, where movies and dancing were enjoyed. Francis Panella, Joseph Cusimano, and Clarence Hicks showed great promise of outstanding athletic careers because of their work on the Freshman Football Team. As the June of 1941 slowly fades away, we turn a page in our “Scrapbook of Memories,” and that memorable fall of 1941 comes into view. Remember that September, when, after having already estab- lished a firm foothold in our high school careers, we were ready and proud, as Sophomores, to walk the corridors of Enfield High, side by side with other upperclassmen? The glorious feeling of being a part was instilled in our hearts and minds on that Septem- ber morn. We were welcomed back by a new principal, Mr. Langford, to replace Mr. Lee, and soon we learned of new changes in the